Capdeville holds off Kunitsyn

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Capdeville of Chile nearly wasted a five-point lead in a second-set tiebreaker before holding off Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn for a 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory Monday in the first round of the Farmers Classic.

Capdeville, who earned a match point before Kunitsyn held serve to tie it 6-6, raced out to leads of 5-0 and 6-1 in the tiebreaker before Kunitsyn rallied.

Capdeville will face the winner of a later match between Americans Brian Baker and Rajeev Ram. Baker, who missed almost six seasons because of injuries, has climbed almost 400 places in the ATP rankings to No. 79.